No saturation
problems are expected for the SWS Fabry-Pérot detectors. The
saturation limit is given by the fact that the integration ramp for
1s detector reset time does not hit the saturation level of the warm
electronics for signals less than about 20,000 V/s. Although not
foreseen in the current design of the offline data processing, it is in
principle possible to obtain data for signals about seven times stronger by
analysis of partial integration ramps. It is assumed here that
the expected strong flux has been correctly specified in the AOT input,
since only then the gain and reset time are set properly. Taking typical
values from Fig. 5.9 and Fig. 5.10, the
20,000
V/s limit corresponds to a saturating flux density of about
Jy, or a saturating flux in an unresolved line of about
Wm
.